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Gregg Doyel of CBS Sports offered up this marvelous opinion of LeBron James’ looming free agency: Because in LeBron’s view, the projections don’t work. Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade will make too much money, eat into too much of the salary cap, for whatever production they’ll give the Heat after the 2013-14 season. Bosh just isn’t as good as [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Celtics’ forecast record: 29-53 | 8.8 percent to win lottery Analysis: Forget for a second that Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge and Parker are both Mormon and Ainge [...]

As Kevin Garnett’s China visit continues, he spoke with Sina Sports about the Nets’ title hopes and how this summer has been “up and down” for him emotionally. The Big Ticket sat down with Sina’s Li Shuangfu: “This summer, my emotions have been up and down. Boston was always good to me-a great city with great [...]

In front of a packed house at Seattle’s Pacific University, the Jamal Crawford Pro Am just got underway. The Celtics’ Jeff Green is currently running with Cleveland’s budding superstar Kyrie Irving. The fans will definitely get their money’s worth this weekend, as Blake Griffin is expected to play tomorrow. Here’s a couple of quick clips [...]

Laugh all you want at the tan lines, but I bet Larry never pays to play and always wins the round. You think he uses these balls? (Courtesy: LarryBirdLegend33) Captions always welcome. Related: Ball Don’t Lie – How Larry Legend reloaded Indiana [...]

LeBron James made headlines earlier this week when he hinted at a run for head of the NBA’s players’ union. James said the union was “going backwards.” Jerry Stackhouse – an active participant in union activities – wasn’t pleased [CBS Sports – Ken Berger]: Stackhouse, one of seven executive committee members elected at All-Star weekend [...]

Adam Figman of SLAM Online interviewed Paul Pierce who spoke a lot about his transition to a new team and city, and a little bit about the Celtics: SLAM: I imagine the return to Boston will be pretty emotional. PP: Oh it’s definitely gonna be emotional. You spend almost half of your life in Boston, so [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. So how’d that Hornets jersey feel? “Un-com-fortable,” Parish said. “In my mind, I would always be a Celtic. I was very thankful and humbled that the Hornets [...]